Leigh

Other current and historical names

Lege
Leigh Sinton

Parish/Community: Leigh
District/Borough: Malvern Hills
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'45"N 2°19'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 377510, 253504
OS Grid: SO775535
Mapcode Local: GBR 0DV.CNK
Mapcode Global: VH92R.KHD6

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Leigh within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Leigh in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Leigh, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta. (Leigh Court), Worcestershire - par., 6129 ac., pop. 4878; township, pop. 4621; contains Malvern Link; vil., on river Teme, 4½ miles SW. of Worcester; P.O., called Leigh Sinton.

Leigh in the Domesday Book

A village in Pershore hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Pershore St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Riders, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Pershore
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Urso of Abetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 11 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Pershore St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Pershore
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Pershore
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £16 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 32 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 29 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 3 leagues
- Mills: 2, value 10/7¼

British Place Names

Leigh, Worcestershire

Leigh is a hamlet in Worcestershire

Leigh in historic gazetteers

Leigh in the Domesday Book